Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-31

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back at fun gallon. Where is he goingp To
destroy Christians. He wants no better play
| spell than TO stand and watch the h&ts ana
| coats OF the murderers who are mas-atrlnE
Gods children. There goes the same man Thls
time he Is ato0t. mere Is he going now
Going on the roai to O.t,a 20 die tor Christ.
They tried 10 Wulp il out of him. they tired 10
scare IT ont of htm. they Thought they would
give him enough of 10 10y putting him into
window ess dungeon, and keeping nm on
small diet, ana DENYING hlm CLOAK, anu
concerning MN as a criminal anu
nowhng a. hun through the street; but they
could not treCHe Il out of hltn, and iheN roul
not sweat 1t out OF hn, and they could not
pound 1t out OF h,m, 40 they tried the surgery
OF the sword, and one summer dRN IN 90 lie
was decapitaied Perhaps the mlghll'st IN
tel ect OF The COCO years OF the Worli's exist
enCc hO0dW nHCd, cheated, cHJ0lcu, dut ed hy
the Christian religion. An! that Is the re
markable thing about this deluslon or
Christianity, IL uverpOwers the strongest IN
teects. Gather the critics, secular and re-
lglOus, ,uf TINS century together. ana put Il Noi"
to them rs to which Is the gre atvsJ book ever
written, and by large majority they will say
paradise Lost" who wrote paradise
IOstY" one of the fools who believed IN TINS
Bible, John Milton. Benjamin Franklin sur
rendered to this deluSion. II you may Judge
from the letter that he wrote toIhomas Palne
uegglnR HIM toUestroy the Age of reason IN
manuscript and never ,et II go INTO type, anu
writing afterward, IN his old days: "Ot tins
Jesus OF Nazareth 1 have to say that the sys-
tenn of mOras He LETT, ana the religion He
has given Us are the best things the world has
ever seen or is likely 10 see Patrick Henry,
the electric champion OF liberty, en7taveQ by
this delusion. so mat he says: The book
worth all other books put together Is the
Bible Benjamin Rush, the leading physiolo-
gIst and anatom 81 OF hts day, the great meol-
cal sclentsG-wha dld he sHYf "ihe only
true and perfect religion Is Chrlsuanlty.
Isaac Newton. the leading philosopher OF his
tIme what ala he say? That man surrender
ing TO this delu-lou of the Christian religion,
crying ont: "Ihe submest philosophy on
earth is the philosophy of the Gospel"
David Brewster, at the pronuncla-
ton of whose name every scientist the
world over bows ms head, David Brewster
saying: 30, this religion has been great
light To me, very great light all my days"
President Thiers, the great french states
man, acknowledging that Ire prayed when ne
sand: II invoke the Lord God in wnom | am
glad to believe" DAVID Livingstone, able to
conquer The hon, able 20 conquer the panther,
able to conquer the savage, Yet conquered by
TINS deusiOn, this haluclnAllon, mis- great
swindle OF the ages when they lind him
dead they find HIM ON his knees. William K
Gladstone, the strongest intellect in Eng aud
To-day, unable to resist tins ChlmerI, this
fallacy, this GeusIou o the Christian religion,
goes TO the houtc o. GOd every sabbath. and
HfIen, at the invitation OF the rector, readS
the prayers to thc pcOpe. ., II those mighty
Intel leCIs are OVrThurnc bv this dciualOn, what
chance ls there for you and TOR me.
Beside that, have noticed that trst-rate
intiuels cannot be depended on Tor stca fast
ness in the proclamation OF thelf stnllHenis.
Goethe, a leading skeptlc. was wrought
upon by tins Christianity tn At in a weak mo-
ment he cried GU: My bCHCf Ill the Bible
has sayed me IN my literary and moral life
Rl-seau, one Of the most eloquent champions
Of inhdelity, spending his whole life warning
against Christianity, cries Out: "Ihe majesty
| Of the scriptures amazes me- AltamOnt, the
notorious inldei. one Would think he would
| have been safe against this delusion OF the
| Christian religion. O, no! AitGr talking
against Christianity all his days, In his last
hours he cried out: "Oh, Thou b. biasphcmed
but mo { Iudulgeut Lord God, Hell Itself s q
refuge if 1t hide me from Toy irown." Vol
taire, the most talented inhdel the world ever
saw, writing two hundred and my
publications. and the most OF
them spIteiul against Christianity, himself
the most notorious .lbertlue of the century
one would have thought he could have been
depended upon for steadfa5tness in the advO-
cacy OF lntidenty aud in the war against this
terrible chlmera, this delusIon OF the Gospel.
But no; in MS asst hour he asks Tor Christian
burial, and asks that they give him the sacrA-
ment Of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why, you
| cannot depend upon these tirs rate intldels-
YOU cannot depend upon their power TO resist
this great delusl0n Of Christianlty, Thomas
| Paine, the god of modern skeptiGs. his birth
day celebrated in New YORK and Boston with
great enthusiasm-1hOmas Paine, the para
gon of Bible haters-Thomas PANE,
about whom his brother in
| fdei, william Carver wrote in letter which
| have at my house, saving that he drank a
| quart OF rum a day and was too mean and too
dishonest to pay for it--Thomas Paine, the
adored of modern inhdehtv-Th0mas Paine,
| who stole another mans wife in England and
| brought her To TINS land-IhOma5 Paine. who
was 30 squald and so loathsOme and 30
drunken and 30 proiligate ard so beastly in
| his habits, sometimes picked out OF the dltcn,
| sometimes too llthy to be picked out-Thomas
| Paine one would have thought that he could
| have been depended on Tor steadlastness
| against this great deiusion. But no. In his
| dying hour, lie begs the Lord Jesus Christ for
mercy.
Powerful deusfon, all-conquering deusIon,
| earthQuakIng deluson OF the Christian re
| ligloH. Yea, II goes On, It Is so impertinent,
| and IL is SO OEerDcarlng this Ohimera OF the
| Gospel, that having conquered the great pic
! ture galleries of the world, the od masters
| and the young asters, as / showed ia "a for
| mer sermon, IL Is not satisfied until it has
| conquered the music OF the world. Look over
| the programme Of that magnificent musical
| festival Il few years ago in New York and see
! what were the great performances, ana learn
| that the greatest of all the subjects were re p
| igious subjects WHAT was it one night whe n
three thou aud voices were accompanied nth
| a vast number of in-trumentsY Israel in
! Egypt" Yes. Beethoven dciuded until he
wrote the Iigh Mas IN ID Major. Haydn de
| luued with this religion until he wrote the
Creation ." Handel deludl until h. wrote
| the nT8tOrlOs OF "Jepthah" and "Esher' and
'Saul" and "Gsrael in Egypt" and toe Nice
siah." On the closing night three thousand
| deludcd people singing OF dcluslon TO eight
| thousand delu1ed hearers.
| Yc-, this chmera Of the gospel Is not salts
| fed unit 10 goes on ana builds us II into The
| m Jst permanent architecture. 40 II seems "a
| IL the world Is never to get rid OF IL. what
| are some OF the finest bun Iding5 in the world ?
[. PAuPs. ST. Peters. the churcnes aud
! cathedrals Of all Chrntendom. Yes, tnis i'm
| pertiuonce OF the gospel, This vast delusiOn ls
not satisfied until IT projects itself, and in oUC
| year gves. contributes. tj.25u,OOo TO fore gn
missions, the work OF which is to make ounces
and tools on the other side Of the world
people we have never seen. Deluded doctors
two hundred and twenty physicians meet
ing week by week In London, IN the Union
Medical PRAYER Circle, TO worship Got. De
,udeu wyers-the late Lord Cairns, the
highest legal authority IN England, the eN-
| adviser Of the throne, spending his vacation
IN preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ h. The
poor people OF scotland. Frederick 7. Ere
nnghuy sen, once the secretary Of state OF the
United states. an old-fashlOned evangelical
Christian, an elder in the Reformed Church.
John Bright. deludcd Quaker. Henry
Wilson, the Vice President Of the
United States, dying a dcluded Methodist
or Congregationalisl. Earl OF kibtore
dying a deiudcd Presbyterian. The cannibals
m south Sea. the Burnmen OF Terra del
Fuego, the wild men OF Australia, putting
down the knives OF their cruelty, ami cloth